Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe, whose journey to the WTA Finals is perhaps the most unlikely of all its doubles teams, will battle along with seven other squads in the year-end championships. Here are highlights from each team:
Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff
No question, frequent participation in doubles has helped these two sharp-hitting Americans also thrive as Top 10 mainstays in singles. Paired together for tournament wins in Doha and Miami.
Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens
As you’d expect from a lefthanded Aussie, Hunter is quite nimble on the doubles court. Ditto for the powerful Mertens. This duo were finalists at Wimbledon and also took titles on clay in Rome—and just last month on hard courts in Guadalajara.
Shuko Aoyoma and Ena Shibahara
Their big run came in Montreal, a title effort highlighted by victories over Siegemund-Zvonareva and Schuurs-Krawcyzk—the latter a 13-11 nailbiter of a third-set tiebreaker. These two also won s’Hertogenbosch and reached the final at the Australian Open.
